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Chapter 216 Hiruzen Sarutobi Attends His Own Funeral

root base.

Tobirama Senju's doubts are somewhat unreasonable.

It's not unusual for the ninja world to use the dead. Aren't these Hokage also dead, yet they're still being used by Akihara Kagura?

but.

Akihara Kagura is really busy tonight.

In the Root base's laboratory, Akihara Kagura was extremely busy. Senju Tobirama volunteered to be Akihara Kagura's assistant, wanting to observe the experiment of creating a dual bloodline limit ninja.

result…

Tobirama Senju saw Kagura Akihara order an Uchiha to lie on the laboratory table, and then take out a syringe and inject Hashirama cells into the Uchiha's body.

"..."

Tobirama Senju's forehead twitched, finding this experiment utterly absurd: "What a joke! Experiments aren't that simple. If you used your methods, even a nurse at Konoha Hospital could perform this kind of experiment!"

Click!

Splinters began to grow on the body of the Uchiha on the experimental table!

Tobirama Senju's gaze suddenly froze. Why didn't this Uchiha show any rejection reaction? He even directly awakened his older brother's Wood Release.

"Um?"

Tobirama Senju immediately realized something, and a guess arose in his mind: "Do the Senju and Uchiha... have some kind of bloodline connection?"

This matter…

This made Tobirama Senju somewhat alarmed!

Tobirama Senju was not unaware of the immense devouring power of his elder brother's cells, but he never imagined that someone could transplant his brother's cells so easily!

Sharingan and Wood Release...

Uchiha and Senju...

According to basic biological principles, unless there is a possibility that the two are related by blood, it is absolutely impossible for the experiment to be successful so easily!

of course.

This is also the science and technology of Akihara Kagura.

After this experiment, the Root had a total of eighty-four dual bloodline ninjas, which was exactly the size of the entire Anbu organization, plus Yamanaka Fu, Aburame Torune, Karin...

There is a serious over-compilation problem at the root level.

Theoretically speaking, the Root is at most equivalent to a Dark Division, but now its number of members has exceeded that of the Dark Division.

"Take them to get their equipment."

Kagura Akihara gave Karin a brief instruction, then said, "I reckon it won't be long before Lord Orochimaru causes trouble at the memorial tablet, and someone from the Hokage Building will come to summon me for a meeting..."

"Yes."

Karin nodded.

"Where is the Third Hokage's will?"

Akihara Kagura then inquired about another crucial matter.

"They're back."

Karin nodded and continued her report: "The Third Hokage and the Fourth Hokage secretly left their wills in his house; the Anbu should discover them soon..."

Inside the Hokage Building.

In fact, the two Naruto advisors also didn't sleep all night.

Even though they were old, they didn't sleep a wink all night, trying their best to persuade Jiraiya to accept the position of Hokage.

However, Jiraiya was unwilling to agree at all. He first recommended his disciple, Akihara Kagura, but the two Hokage advisors rejected the name outright.

No matter how much Jiraiya tried to persuade him, the two Hokage advisors rejected his proposal, citing Akihara Kagura's youth and extreme personality, arguing that he needed more training.

Jiraiya had no choice but to mention Tsunade's name.

"Tsunade?"

Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado both approved of this choice.

"If you can bring Tsunade back, she will be a suitable successor... If you cannot bring Tsunade back, you must succeed as the Fifth Hokage."

"Konoha is in a state of chaos right now, and we need someone to take charge."

Koharu Utatane looked at Jiraiya and softly advised, "Although Akihara Kagura is the Hokage's assistant, you know his personality. He's not the right person to take charge right now..."

"Kagura might not be out of the question..."

Jiraiya, however, held his disciples in high regard, chuckling as he reminded them, "At least with Kagura around, Kirigakure and Sunagakure wouldn't dare to make any big moves, would they?"

"Power can only bring obedience, not command respect."

Koharu Utatane shook her head and sighed, "If Kagura could mature a little more, we would be willing to go against Sarutobi's dying wish and push him to become the Fifth Hokage..."

"Let's talk about it after the old man's funeral!"

Jiraiya waved his hand, clearly annoyed by their persuasion.

However, before they could finish their discussion, the ANBU ninjas who had gone to the memorial stone to continue arranging the funeral came to report some terrible news.

"Lord Jiraiya, Orochimaru..."

"Orochimaru suddenly appeared, dug up the Third Hokage's grave, and stole the Third Hokage's body. We can't catch him at all!"

"What?"

Jiraiya and the two Hokage advisors' expressions suddenly changed.

Because they knew why Orochimaru stole the Third Hokage's body—he definitely wanted to resurrect the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, to deal with Konoha.

"Orochimaru, that guy..."

Koharu Utatane was so angry she was practically bursting with rage. She quickly tried to calm herself down: "If Orochimaru revives Sarutobi to fight against Konoha..."

"My esteemed advisor!"

An ANBU ninja handed a letter to the two Hokage advisors: "We found a suicide note in the Third Hokage's house!"

"A suicide note?"

Koharu Utatane took the letter, frowning as she said, "Has Sarutobi already considered his own death? It seems we can find his last words in this suicide note..."

This suicide note was actually quite short.

In his will, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, carefully explained that when he learned of Orochimaru's whereabouts, he had already prepared to die in battle. Therefore, he made two arrangements in the will to prevent problems from arising in Konoha.

First, Jiraiya will succeed as Hokage. If Jiraiya is unwilling to succeed as the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, then Jiraiya will bring Tsunade back to succeed him. As for Akihara Kagura, she will continue to serve as the Hokage's assistant and the leader of Root.

Secondly, if something unexpected happens during his battle with Orochimaru and he fails to kill Orochimaru, he is permitted to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to resurrect some powerful ninjas, preventing them from being used by Orochimaru. Kagura is the most talented and powerful ninja, making her the most suitable candidate to learn the Impure World Reincarnation technique. He has already taught Kagura the Impure World Reincarnation technique and given her some resurrection materials.

"The monkey really understands you..."

Koharu Utatane sighed and handed the will to Jiraiya, saying, "It seems he already guessed you might not succeed as Hokage. In the will, he told us that if you didn't want to continue, we should bring Tsunade back to succeed you as the Fifth Hokage..."

"Old man..."

Jiraiya sighed inwardly.

This teacher really knows him well; he could even foresee this kind of thing, and he also foresaw that Orochimaru might continue to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Regarding his disciples…

Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed very knowledgeable.

"Let's call Kagura over first."

Mitokado Homura glanced at them and suggested, "We should inform him about this. If what Sarutobi said is true, the heavy responsibility of stopping Orochimaru will fall on his shoulders..."

"That old man shouldn't have let Kagura learn the Impure World Reincarnation technique..."

Jiraiya put away the suicide note and said softly, "Kagura's strength is already powerful enough. I'm worried that he might become obsessed with evil techniques, which could corrupt his mind..."

"Jiraiya".

Koharu Utatane raised a question that caught Jiraiya off guard: "If Kagura can't use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to defeat the Impure World Reincarnation user resurrected by Orochimaru, should she also be forced to use the Reaper Death Seal to seal the dead like a monkey?"

"..."

Jiraiya was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, there's no need to worry about this. It's not that little brat's turn yet. I'll just learn the Reaper Death Seal, won't I?"

"but…"

Koharu Utatane looked at Jiraiya, not quite agreeing with his idea: "We clearly have a solution that doesn't require your sacrifice. Besides, Sarutobi stated in his will that Kagura had already learned to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and even gave him some materials for reviving powerful ninjas..."

"Kagura is my disciple."

Jiraiya shook his head, still disapproving: "That child could have a better future; he shouldn't be exposed to this kind of technique..."

"Darkness exists within Kagura's heart."

Mitokado Homura disagreed with Jiraiya's opinion and continued in a deep voice, "He is the leader of Root, you should know what Root means..."

"We will inform Kagura about this."

Koharu Utatane's attitude was very firm: "If there is no way to deal with Orochimaru, perhaps Sarutobi's last words are the best solution. At least we should take precautions and let him resurrect some powerful ninjas as soon as possible..."

Early morning.

When the Anbu ninja informed Akihara Kagura to come to the Hokage Building, the two Hokage advisors were still arguing with Jiraiya about whether Akihara Kagura should use the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

"Kagura, have you mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique?"

This was the first thing Jiraiya said to his disciple.

"yes…"

Akihara Kagura nodded, looking at her teacher in surprise: "How did you know about this, teacher?"

"The Third Hokage also gave me some materials related to the resurrection of the previous Hokage, saying he would have a way to seal the souls of the First and Second Hokage..."

"But Orochimaru might have a way to break the seal, allowing me to revive the past Hokage when necessary, thus preventing Orochimaru from reviving them first and attacking Konoha..."

"That old man is really restless..."

"By the way, where's Danzo?"

Xiaochun, who was changing dorm rooms, inquired about the issues she was concerned about.

"Lord Danzo..."

Kagura Akihara hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "Lord Danzo is still under house arrest at the Root base. Upon learning of the Third Hokage's death, Lord Danzo seems heartbroken and doesn't want to see anyone. He handed over all his dual-bloodline ninjas to me..."

"Danzo..."

Mitomon Homura sighed softly, "If it weren't for his collusion with Orochimaru... well, he grew up with the monkey and they argued all their lives. He probably thought that killing the monkey would bring him relief, but in the end, he was bound to suffer."

"alright."

Jiraiya, somewhat dejected, tossed aside the suicide note in his hand. Not wanting to mention Shimura Danzo, he said in a low voice, "Never mind, let's go to the old man's funeral first!"

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's body has disappeared, this matter must not be known to the ninjas of Konoha, to avoid causing greater panic in the village.

The back mountain of Konoha.

The funeral site was rearranged in front of the memorial.

Many Konoha ninjas dressed in black came to bid farewell to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. Each of them wore a sorrowful expression, for Hiruzen Sarutobi was like a kind old grandfather who had interacted with every child in the village.

Under a big tree.

The four Hokage stood under the big tree, observing the funeral.

As Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the scenes unfold at the funeral and observed the crowd, he sighed softly, a feeling that made him somewhat uncomfortable.

"Third Hokage, please accept my condolences."

Minato Namikaze stood beside Hiruzen Sarutobi and whispered a word of comfort to him.

Hashirama Senju nodded and sighed, "Monkey, to have earned the love and respect of so many people is no less than the title of Hokage..."

"good."

Tobirama Senju nodded and softly encouraged Hiruzen Sarutobi, "There's still a long time ahead. When Tsunade returns, there will be another chance to see them again..."

"..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi could only nod, a complex smile appearing on his face: "Perhaps there's nothing to regret about a person's death... The only regret is that I didn't pass on the Will of Fire that the First and Second Hokage passed on to me to more people."

Especially…

It didn't reach Akihara Kagura.

"You've done a great job."

Tobirama Senju reached out and gently patted Hiruzen Sarutobi on the shoulder.

"Is that Naruto?"

Minato Namikaze saw a little boy with blond hair and recognized him immediately as his son: "Naruto's grown up so much..."

A flicker of joy appeared on Minato Namikaze's face as he gazed at the mourners at the funeral, searching for people he recognized: "Kakashi has become an adult now... and so many people I know are here..."

"Perhaps it's because it's my funeral..."

As Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke, he felt increasingly uneasy about what was going on. Fortunately, he was very easygoing and couldn't help but laugh, "Watching my own funeral is quite an interesting experience!"

"yes…"

Minato Namikaze nodded, a hint of regret creeping in: "If only I had the chance to see my own funeral..."

"Minato, don't say that..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and sighed, "I'm already an old man. My death won't make any difference. You'll still be young then..."

Hashirama Senju gazed at the crowd at the funeral, not finding anyone he recognized. Suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he exclaimed in surprise, "Monkey, that brat named Akihara Kagura was very sad at your funeral. Actually, he was mourning your passing too..."

"Big brother."

Tobirama Senju rubbed his forehead, explaining helplessly, "That brat has already resurrected the monkey using the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Do you think that brat is truly grieving? He's just putting on an act for everyone else!"

The Hokage are observing from a distance.

Kagura Akihara, however, had to stand in front of the memorial tablet dressed in black, gently placing a white flower in front of the portrait of the Third Hokage.

"Kagura".

Kakashi Hatake glanced at Kagura Akihara.

"What's wrong?"

Akihara Kagura raised her eyes and looked at Hatake Kakashi.

"fine."

Kakashi Hatake looked up at the sky, his mind wandering. "Let's talk after the funeral," he thought.

"Don't be sad."

Kagura Akihara shook her head, seemingly unaware of Kakashi Hatake's thoughts, assuming he was grieving over the Third Hokage's funeral, and offered her comfort, saying, "For the Third Hokage, death is not the end of life."

"That's right."

Iruka Umino wholeheartedly agreed with Kagura Akihara's words, saying softly, "Death is not the end of life, never has been. The will of the Third Hokage still accompanies us, like a red thread that will shine ever brighter with the passage of time..."

"..."

Akihara Kagura looked at Umino Iruka without saying a word.

Actually, what I said was literal. It's not just about the Will of Fire passed down by Hiruzen Sarutobi; Hiruzen Sarutobi himself will also be by your side. There might be many opportunities to meet, and he might even be watching the people at the funeral right now to see who isn't showing enough grief...

Third update!

I updated 15,000 words today!

Goodnight everyone!

(End of this chapter)